Montana 1948: "Each Character in Montana 1948 Is a Victim of Power", (How Does It Abuse and Shape the Lives of Each Character?)
Montana 1948 essay
Statement: “Each character in Montana 1948 is a victim of power” (how does the use and abuse of power shape the lives of each character).
All the main characters in Montana 1948, to some extent, were victims of power. Marie, David and Gail are genuine victims of power. Julian, Frank and Wes are victims of their own inability to wield power and use it correctly. Many lives were destroyed by the events in the summer of Montana 1948.
Marie would be a victim of power because she was killed with the miss use of power by Frank. She was also exposed to racism which was not only subjected to her but the entire Indian community. Even though she was the ultimate victim, she had enough courage, but not power, to stand up against Frank. Marie tells Gail about the incidents; because Gail is the person she feels most comfortable with and is not racist. “… Marie didn’t want to be examined by Frank is that he- he has…is that your brother has molested Indian girls.” Another character closely related to Marie in terms of being a victim would be David.
David is the narrator and the main character of the story, and he has to deal with the bombardment of the miss use of power in many different ways at a young age. He first learnt about his father’s racism at the age of seven or eight (said on page 34) and he was attacked with the issue of Frank raping Indian women. Power has dominated David’s life for a long time and has affected him substantially even without the Frank incident, “Instead of attributing this social distress to my own shy and too-serious character I simply blamed life in town and sought to escape it as soon as often I could” (page 23). One of his ways of withdrawing from society, and expressing his frustration from being shut out of the drama revolving around Frank is just being by himself in the wild, shooting wild animals. “Less than 40 yards away, I bought the .22 quickly up to shoulder height and snapped off a shot with no more care than
Statement: “Each character in Montana 1948 is a victim of power” (how does the use and abuse of power shape the lives of each character).
All the main characters in Montana 1948, to some extent, were victims of power. Marie, David and Gail are genuine victims of power. Julian, Frank and Wes are victims of their own inability to wield power and use it correctly. Many lives were destroyed by the events in the summer of Montana 1948.
Marie would be a victim of power because she was killed with the miss use of power by Frank. She was also exposed to racism which was not only subjected to her but the entire Indian community. Even though she was the ultimate victim, she had enough courage, but not power, to stand up against Frank. Marie tells Gail about the incidents; because Gail is the person she feels most comfortable with and is not racist. “… Marie didn’t want to be examined by Frank is that he- he has…is that your brother has molested Indian girls.” Another character closely related to Marie in terms of being a victim would be David.
David is the narrator and the main character of the story, and he has to deal with the bombardment of the miss use of power in many different ways at a young age. He first learnt about his father’s racism at the age of seven or eight (said on page 34) and he was attacked with the issue of Frank raping Indian women. Power has dominated David’s life for a long time and has affected him substantially even without the Frank incident, “Instead of attributing this social distress to my own shy and too-serious character I simply blamed life in town and sought to escape it as soon as often I could” (page 23). One of his ways of withdrawing from society, and expressing his frustration from being shut out of the drama revolving around Frank is just being by himself in the wild, shooting wild animals. “Less than 40 yards away, I bought the .22 quickly up to shoulder height and snapped off a shot with no more care than